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Originally Posted by Morthoron
Not Eru, not a Maia, not anything directly attributable to Middle-earth (ergo the One Ring has no affect or hold on him), he is a character outside of time inserted into a story because he amused the author, and the author said as much. And Tolkien must be laughing somewhere at the endless scholarly debate his jest has engendered.
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I agree that
Lal's line of thought is certainly not out of the realm of the possible.
I do want to point out though that Bombadil as an Ainu would not be affected by the One, having an inherently greater power than its Maia maker.